Objective This project has confirmed that plasma vapour deposition (PVD) coatings suppress abrasion and limit adhesive wear on saws. However, the coating has little effect on the degradation of the micro-chippage of the tooth tip on both circular and band saws.THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF SURFACE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES TO MULTIPOINT AND SHEAR ACTION TOOLS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THEIR EVOLUTION. THE POTENTIAL OF SURFACE ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED ON SINGLE POINT LATHE TOOLS DRILLS AND PRESS TOOLS.WIDESPREAD SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE USA AND JAPAN HAVE BEEN FOUND WHERE ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY AND TOOL LIFE HAS MORE THAN COMPENSATED FOR THE VERY HIGH SURFACE TREATMENT COSTS.THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES, WHICH REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES ON CURRENT PRACTICES, ARE TO:(1) DERIVE SURFACE TECHNIQUES WHICH WILL SUPPRESS THE WEAR AND FATIGUE MECHANISMS RELEVANT TO MULTIPOINT AND SHEAR ACTION CUTTING TOOLS(2) MODIFY THE SUBSTRATE TO OPTIMISE THE SURFACE PROPERTY(3) MODIFY TOOL GEOMETRY FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE(4) ENHANCE PRODUCT VALUE ON RELATIVELY LOW COST CONSUMABLE TOOLS. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometry Programme(s) FP1-BRITE - Multiannual research and development programme (EEC) in the fields of basic technological research and the applications of new technologies (BRITE), 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Neill Tools Ltd EU contribution No data Address Handsworth Road S13 9BR Sheffield United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution No data Address Templergraben 55 52056 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data Enterprise Ireland - Trading as Bioresearch Ireland Ireland EU contribution No data Address Glasnevin 9 Dublin See on map Total cost No data SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard S S1 1WB SHEFFIELD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
